What does theory have to do with practice? Why should I know this stuff? Why bother?
How theory pertains to standards, Stars, pdr, cdc, act 48, etc.
How can it help in my classroom?
Major theories - just a few! :)
constructivism
Dewey (?)
Montessori
Reggio Amelia
Behavorism (?)
Pavlov
Skinner
cognitivism
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning
Humanism
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Developmental Stage Theories
Erikson - Stages of Psycho-social development
Piaget - Stages of Cognitive Development (pre-constructivism)
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximinal Development (challenged Piaget re: cultural & linguistic effects)
Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Howard Gardner
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
I like the bolded ones (7 - maybe 8 w/Montessori?)) - maybe just list them and discuss/overview - how do they pertain to ece - how can we integrate theory into practice?
- What does theory have to do with practice? Why should I know this stuff? Why bother?
- How theory pertains to standards, Stars, pdr, cdc, act 48, etc.
- How can it help in my classroom?
- Major theories - just a few! :)
- constructivism
- Dewey (?)
- Montessori
- Reggio Amelia
- Behavorism (?)
- Pavlov
- Skinner
- cognitivism
- Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning
- Humanism
- Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
- Developmental Stage Theories
- Erikson - Stages of Psycho-social development
- Piaget - Stages of Cognitive Development (pre-constructivism)
- Vygotsky's Zone of Proximinal Development (challenged Piaget re: cultural & linguistic effects)
- Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Howard Gardner
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice
I like the bolded ones (7 - maybe 8 w/Montessori?)) - maybe just list them and discuss/overview - how do they pertain to ece - how can we integrate theory into practice?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(learning_theory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Education_theory